Saturday, July 21, 2007

I took this picture on Fri 13-7-2007 in ( Alnigisa AL Khoms - Libya) , this guy took his nap in front of our tent in one of hottest days this summer on the sand at 1:00 at noon and he slept for almost 2 hours ...!!!?and the funniest thing he covered his head by this steel dish after that he asked some kids to help him to cover his body by sand too … funny isn't ?

Libyan roads are must funniest , weird and dangerous roads in the world , there's no day passed for any one of us without seen one or two or all of these situations ,if you driving or walking or even standing in your balcony watching the road .

And this picture explains what I'm talking about , it was taken by friend of mine in the Airport road ( Tariq Almattar ) you can notice this car it's moving in one of our important roads without boards and also full of PEPSI and another stuff… I think this man has a shop …. Any way when I saw this picture many questions comes in my mind … how he can drive car like this without the policemen stop him and booking the car and how he drive car like this without thinking about his and others safety !!!?And don't forget that this is the airport road what means the tourists and the diplomatic missions and everyone comes to Libya through the Airport will take this road , what they will say in their first steps in Libya …!! What nice impression they will have about us as Libyans and about our country and rules !!?we did not give them to much time to discover the good things and nice views first !!! ?

About Me

Abdurrauf Ben Madi freelance photographer, interested in documentary photography, he was born in Tripoli 1976 Graduated from college of Arts and Media University of Tripoli, Libya. He participated in several exhibitions both inside and outside of Libya; - A group of exhibitions and shows in Libya. - Positives from the heart of chaos in Alexandria Egypt, organized by Alexandria University. - Photography exhibition during the Conference of Young Voices from the Middle East in London, organized by the Middle East Center at the London School of economic. He also involved in several workshops on Photojournalism